1. Civil war is over time to rebuild the south
Reconstruction
Civil war is over time to rebuild the south

2. What Should Be Done with the South
Make the south politically loyal to the Union
Outlaw slavery
Punish southern leadership

3. Rebuild the South --Reconstruction
Rebuild the south 5 steps
Politically
Economically
Legally
Legislatively
Culturally

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5. Confederate Battle Flag

6. Heritage or Historic symbol of Hate

7. The Klan

8. Senate Reaction To the Confederate Surrender
Radical Republicans in the Senate wanted to harshly punish southern leadership
Trials, jail & Execution
Confederate Col. Henry Wirz-1865 commander of Andersonville prison in Georgia, is hanged for the murder of soldiers incarcerated there during the Civil War.

9. The Ex Slaves 1865 Before the war---Slave
During the War-----Contraband
After the War-----Freedmen

10. Who should control Reconstruction
The President
OR Congress

11. Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan
Outlaw slavery
13th Amendment 1865 – Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude except as a punishment for crime…shall exist within the United States.
10% Swear an oath to the Union
Except high ranking confederates

12. Black Codes
Southern politicians are creating state laws to control & economically--enslave the Freedmen (ex-slaves). Examples:
Congress uses legislation to fight the Southern politicians’ cruel & racist Black Laws (Codes)

13. Civil War Amendments
The Senate is controlled by Radical republicans.
th- outlaw slavery-
th- Equality before the law-due process of rights.
Fight the Black Codes.
th-right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

14. Black Codes
Southern politicians are creating state laws to control & re-enslave the Freedmen (ex-slaves). Examples:
Congress uses legislation to fight the Southern politicians’ cruel & racist Black Laws (Codes)

15. What Should Be Done with the South
Punish the South but who gets punished?
Congress declares that any state that swears an oath to the Union and allows free elections can re-enter the Union.

16. HW-Due Thursday Textbook pg# 376-382 define Sec# 1Terms & names
Radical Republicans
Andrew Johnson
15th Amendment
Reconstruction
Pg# Section # 2 Terms & Names
Scalawag, Sharecropping
Tenant farming
Pg# 401 Terms & names –All definitions

17. Reconstruction
How to help the Freedmen (ex-slaves) succeed as Americans.
Education---Freedman’s Bureau
Gen O.O. Howard is appointed Director
Black Courts-Protect the Freedmen from being harassed & Re-enslaved

18. Hw today in your textbook
Page # 382
AND page 392

19. Civil War Amendments to the Constitution
Radical republicans
13th- outlaw slavery
14th- Equality before the law-due process of rights
15th-right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

20. President Johnson Pardons 13, 000 confederates
“the white man alone must manage the South”
Goal of Radical republicans for the newly freed slaves
Land
voting rights
protection of the law

21. Radical republicans
Are outraged about Johnson’s acceptance of former confederates serving in Congress
March 1867-Radical republicans have 2/3 majority in Congress = over ride presidential vetoes
South is divided into 5 military districts
New state constitutions for secessionist states
March 1867-Tenure of Office Act

22. Map of Reconstruction districts 1867

23. Johnson is Impeached
Acquitted by 1 vote

24. Share Cropping Poor blacks & whites rent the land to plant cotton
Buy supplies, food etc., on credit & pay back the lender with $ earned from the harvest.
Multi generational exploitative system s

25. End of Reconstruction
From Reconstruction is eroded by court rulings, the KKK, bad economy & corruption in president Grant govt.
1873--Slaughterhouse cases- SC held that States were in charge of the civil rights of residents & not the 14th Amendment
th amendment did not permit the fed govt to punish whites who oppressed blacks

26. Democrats redeem the south
Compromise of 1877—Rutherford B. Hayes vs. Samuel Tilden- Tilden won the popular vote but was 1 vote short the # electoral votes. Southern democrats agreed to Hayes if Reconstruction came to an end. Hayes “wins” South returns to home Rule
The Klan, segregation, fear & intimidation of blacks
Democrats control the south
1964 civil rights act

27. The Solid South
The “Solid South” was a political fact, benefiting southern-Democrats for generations and then Southern-Republicans, with Bible Belt and racial politics ruling the day well into the 1960’s